Ancestral Homes Series

I received the William Blair Bruce Fine Arts European Travel Scholarship from The Canadian Scandinavian Foundation in 1999. In March of 2000 I used this grant to do research and artwork around the origins of my Nordic and Scottish ancestry. From that trip I created a series drawings and paintings of Viking longships, jewelery, homes and funerary sites which I titled Ancestral Homes. This work was exhibited at the Swedish American Museum Centre in Chicago in 2002 and at the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle and Jens Thielsen Gallery in London in 2003. http://macleod9.com/macleod_art/ancestral_homes/art_ancestral.php

Lachine Canal : Past and Present Series

The Lachine Canal : Past and Present project was funded by Peter McAuslan from McAuslan Brewery and this series of photographic storyboards, paintings and drawings illustrate the history of the Lachine Canal through its industries, buildings, waterways, locks and communities. This work was exhibited at Stewart Hall in 2004 and the Maison de la Culture Marie – Uguay in 2005. http://macleod9.com/macleod_art/lachine_canal/art_canal.php

Central Park and New York III Visions Series

New York – III Visions, http://macleod9.com/maxwell_gallery.html are a series of drawings and painting by G. Scott MacLeod, the work was inspired by Jefferson Hayman’s photos of New York City. Previously in 2004 MacLeod exhibited a series of drawings and paintings based on Monica T. Gotz’s pinhole photographs of Central Park. Collectively MacLeod and Gotz exhibited Central Park: Two Views, http://macleod9.com/macleod_art/central_park/art_central_park.php at the Arsenal Gallery Central Park, New York.

Scottish Memories Series

My Scottish Memory Series was inspired by my Grandfather and Grandmother’s trip to Scotland in 1971. The encaustic and oil landscapes were based on my Grandfather’s travel diaries and photographs from his travels in Aberdeen, Inverness, Stornoway and Skye. The St Andrew’s Society of Montreal sponsored an exhibition of this work at the Maxwell Haus studio in 2007.

Avalon Peninsula Series

I created this series landscapes during my residency at the Pouch Cove Foundation in Newfoundland during the month of April 2005. This work was exhibited at the Maxwell Haus Studio in 2005 and the Jens Thielsen Gallery in 2006. http://www.larazagroup.com/pouchcove_scott_ap.html

Meeting with the Goddesses Series

Meeting with the Goddesses is a chapter title I have taken from Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces, as this body of work deals with several themes centred around the sacred feminine, mythology, the archetypal mind, temples and funerary objects. The works are a series of mixed media figurative goddesses, sacred megalithic sites, jewelery and funerary objects. This work was exhibited at the Praxis Hagan Galerie in Berlin in 2007.
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G. Scott MacLeod - Multimedia Artist & Director

Member of RAAV, Montreal Film Group, Main Film, ELAN, La Raza Group. He is a fellow at The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico and sits on the Concordia Fine Arts Alumni & Fine Arts Association.

Born in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, in 1965. His family moved to Montreal from Cape Breton N.S. in 1970 where he was educated in both French and English, fully intergrating into the French culture of Québec. Scott received his D.E.C. in Fine Arts at John Abbott in 1984 and BFA specialization in printmaking at Concordia University in 2003. In 1986 he was awarded a residency at The Banff Centre of Fine Arts on the Tevie and Arliss Miller Scholarship, in 1988 he attended the Uffizi Print and Drawing Room in Florence on the Elizabeth T. Greenshields Foundation to study Master drawings and prints. In 1992 he was awarded a residency at the Leighton Artist Colony at The Banff Centre for the Arts to produce work for his Owe Canada Owe Quebec series, in 1993 Scott received a Canada Council Explorations Grant for his Black ’47 Irish Famine painting and video installation, in 1996 and 2001 he was awarded residencies at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico in Taos, in 1999 he received the William Blair Bruce Fine Art Travel Scholarship and a Canada Council Travel Grant and for his Ancestral Homes project in Norway. In 2000 he was awarded the Baie-Saint-Paul '2000 le Symposium de la Nouvelle Peinture' residency. In 2005 he was awarded the Conseil des arts et des Lettre du Quebec A Grant produced for his Sacred Feminine and Masculine photo/video installation. In 2006 he was awarded a Main Film production grant and in 2007 the Filmmakers Assistance Program from the National Filmboard of Canada for his 53 minute documentary, After the war with Hannelore. In 2008 he attended the SAGAMIE digital photo residency for his Goddes and Gods/Contemporary Archetypes photo and video installation. He has been the artist in residence at Centre St. Ambroise in the McAuslan Brewery since 2004.

Scott has presented his work in Canada, Mexico, Germany, Ireland, Czech Republic, and the USA. His work has been collected by, National Gallery of Canada, Musée de Québec, Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Guinness Corporation, Air Canada, The Royal Bank of Canada, Pratt and Whitney, Readers Digests, Claridge, Velan Valves Inc., The McAuslan Brewery, London Life, CP Hotels, Lotto Québec, Jewitt Morrison & Associates, ALDO, Senvest Collection, Dr. Jane Goodall and TV personality Rick Mercer. He is a member of La Raza Group and is represented by the Jens Thielsen Gallery in London, Ontario.

“I have made it my life’s work to explore history, mythology and story telling in my art making process whether it be painting, photography, music or film in the hope to better understand where we have come from, who we are and where we are going. Joseph Campbell believed it is our myths that define us and I have defined myself in my work and created my own ‘myth’ or life path through my work. Art has made me humble, it has fed and sheltered me, given me a voice, and enabled me to do the same for others, through mentoring and outreach work. And as a result of this work I have better understood humanity’s place on this planet and have tried to be a positive influence for political and social change.”